426 98. GEAMINE^. 



2. p. hal'tiea (R. & S.) ; pan. lanceolate, gl. and pales lanceo- 

 late-prolonged venj acute, hairs i the length of the pale. — /. of 

 B. X. t. 127. — Known by its more lax sublanceolate pan. and 

 Tery acute glumes. — JBoss Links, Northumb. P. VII. E. 



19. Calamashos'iis Adans. Small Eeed. 



1. C lanceoldta (Roth) ; pan. loose erect, awn very short 

 from the bottom of the notch at the end of the lower pale and 

 scarcely extending beyond it, hairs longer than the pales, no ru- 

 dimentary fl. — P. 84. — Arundo Calamagrostislj., E. B. 2169. — ■ 

 St. slender, 3 — 4 feet high. — Wet places, rare. P. VII. E. 



2. C epige'jos (Roth) ; pan. rather close lobed, straight awn 

 from about the middle of the lower pale, hairs longer than the 

 pales, no rudimentary ^.—E. B. 403. P. 16.— St. 3—5 feet high. 

 —Damp shady places. P. VII. E. S. I. 



S. C. strio'ta (Nutt.) ; pan. close, gl. lanceolate rough on the 

 keel one (afc least) 3-ribbed, lower pale nearly as long as the 

 upper gl. deeply notched at the top longer than the hairs, straight 

 awn from below the middle of the pale and scarcely extending 

 beyond it, a rvdimentary flower, 1. of the barren shoots slender. 

 —E. B. 2160.— St. erect, 2-3 ft. high. _L, broad ; on the 

 barren shoots much narrower. Uppermost ligule short, blunt ; 

 longer and acute in the Irish plant, which has shorter pan.- 

 branches. — Bogs. Oakmere, Cheshire. Formerly found near 

 Forfar. Lough Neagh. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



20. Ape'ka Adans. Wind-grass. 



1. A. Spica-ven'ti (Beauv.) ; pan. spreading, anth. linear-ob- 

 long. — Agrostis Sm., E. B. 951. Anemagi-ostis (Trin.) P. 17. — 

 St. 1 — 2 feet high. Pan. very light and elegant; branches 

 spreading horizontally with flowers. Awn 3 or 4 times exceed- 

 ing the pale. Rudimentary fl. like a pedicel. A tiift of hair 

 on each side of the inner pale. — Sandy holds, rare. A. VI. VII. 



E. S. 



2. A. interrup'ta (Beauv.) ; pan. close, anth. oval. — E. B. S. 

 2951. — St. 1 — ^2 feet high. Pan.-branches dividing from their 

 base, never spreading. Awn 3 or 4 times exceeding the pale. — ■ 

 Sandy fields. Pampisford and Chippenham, Cambridesghire. 

 Thetford, Suffolk. Dirleton, S. A. VI. VII. E. S. 



21. A&eos'tis Linn. Bent-grass. 



1. A. setdcea (Curt.) ; panicle close oblong, branches and pe- 

 dicels rough, gl. unequal acute, lower pale jagged at the top 4- 



